Ventriculitis: A Severe Complication of Central Nervous System Infections.

David Luque-PazMatthieu RevestFrançois EugèneSarrah BoukthirLoren DejoiesPierre TattevinPierre-Jean Le Reste

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2021)

Ventriculitis is a severe complication of brain abscess, meningitis, or neurosurgery, with an in-hospital mortality rate of 30% and neurological sequelae in 60% of survivors.

Keyphrases

early onset
cerebrospinal fluid
young adults
white matter
cerebral ischemia
brain injury
blood brain barrier